I always try to refrain from opening a new thread; the reason is obvious (upper chamber a valo kono idea produce hoy na)

But this is a very very happy moment for me. As a die-hard WI supporter, disappointment is the only thing I have been used to get for a long long time. But the series win against the Hot favorite India is a very very special gift from the WI team to its fans.

To add to my happiness, Lara, the player I admire the most, played a very calculated innings at the very much right time. Thanks to the team for this rare sweet gift.:up:

Anyway guys, what is your feeling, being a WI or India supporter?

Xavier

May 26, 2006, 04:26 PM

From cricinfo:

"The have done it in style and now it's time to party! West Indian players rush on to the field to congratulate Bravo and Hinds, the noise is deafening and there is colored paper fliers dripping from all directions, they are celebrating it calypso style
The West Indies players go for a victory walk around the arena thanking the fans for their support, a memorable day for West Indian cricket, fans and players as well and surely this win will be remembered for a long time to come."

This time West Indies are really back!:up: Finally so many talents become a real team... and the test series will be very interesting too!
:clap: to Brian Lara for his match-winning innings! and Bravo was great too!

I'm just disappointed I couldn't watch the match, but willow tv for the series is very expensive (89 $!)... I need to expatriate to have the chance to watch some cricket!:E

btw... what about the WI winning next world cup?:eek:

Sovik

May 26, 2006, 04:33 PM

Yaaaaahoooooooooooooo

can't express my feelings. it feels so good

layperson

May 26, 2006, 04:34 PM

smwhere in another thread there were posts saying tht Bangladesh might be able to beat west indies now and edge past them in the rankings. Does not seem to be on the cards now. This team seems to be getting better. Good luck to WI for the test series.

prasad

May 26, 2006, 04:49 PM

for the last 6 yrs or so..i am a diehard wi supporter.feeeeeling so happy now.5-0 wud haveen better.ind shortened the 7 match series to 5 match series.now.......they wud pay anything to make it a 7 match series.

previously ..was supporting aus. and then was bored of victories.

cricket_pagol

May 26, 2006, 04:51 PM

sportingstreams is showing this series.

This is indeed a happy moment for me... I have been a pretty die hard supporter of WI...Good luck to WI for the test series.

Nevertheless, Bangladesh will have to face stronger and more confident WI in Champions trophy. We missed a great opportunity to beat them when they were on the low. I hope we will come out on top.

Bancan

May 26, 2006, 06:21 PM

o man i m so happy. i saw india was restricted to only 217. 1 of my friend bet agianst me sayin india will still win. man well too bad for him, he has to buy me a pop:D . any way i m so happy windies won. yay

Hatebreed

May 26, 2006, 07:04 PM

HHAHAHAHA Well done WI and take that India :floor:

Miraz

May 26, 2006, 07:05 PM

WI dominated the game right from the beginning. They outplayed India in every department. Nice to see WI back in world cricket. http://www.aussiecricket.net/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

Not a very good news for Bangladesh in coming ICC Champions Trophy http://www.aussiecricket.net/forum/images/smiles/icon_sad.gif

akabir77

May 26, 2006, 10:44 PM

wow anothe dream came true...

go wi..
I giess bd is not going 2nd round in thie wc... :(

CricFanBD

May 26, 2006, 11:58 PM

Afetr 1-2, Dravid said that....he had no doubt about the series win.......what a Captain!! Yeah, Dravid you r right......but the result goes to WI's Court.......I was so surprised.....how he (Dravid) got this type of Confidence?.........From Chapell or From "Average below Player".........like Power, Raina, Veo etc.........Next time when you (Dravid) play against WI....plz show proper respect.....now it is 35 yeas.......you have to wait for another 2 years (37) to get a series win.......so plz watch your mouth.....for the GOD sake........I think Dravid you deserve a little more...something new.....how about a "Yellow Wash (4-1)".........you completely deserve that......Congrats to Dravid........for a great series win!! ha ha:D

Tendulkar_Mcgrath

May 27, 2006, 02:49 AM

WI dominated the game right from the beginning. They outplayed India in every department. Nice to see WI back in world cricket. http://www.aussiecricket.net/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

Not a very good news for Bangladesh in coming ICC Champions Trophy http://www.aussiecricket.net/forum/images/smiles/icon_sad.gif

---------Telling u friend, Bangladesh has 14 crore people behind.......and when Tiger roars....Westindies will find [edit].....Tiger is about to roar.....so Not a very good news for West Indies.

And the match wont be played at west indies pitch where ball comes slowly to bat...so Bangladesh is on....:flag:

Tendulkar_Mcgrath

May 27, 2006, 03:07 AM

About Westindies one thing comes to my mind and that is They r doing much better than what they are capable off...I m very happy that WI has won against India..they deserve it.
But there are some points!! look folks!!These are the pitches where next world cup will be played on and as pitch behaves it is sure that not over 270-280 will be scored ..we will have to watch low scoring match almost altime...so ICC should pay attention at that to develop those pitches for more batting.
Secondly Samuel is chucking! what is that?..our Razzak is victimized, shoaib akhtar , shoab malik,Sabbir ahmed,Harbhajan,muralitharan are also victimized..but there is no question asked about Samuel and Chris gayle and Edwards...is Clive lloyd is behind?..i dont know...

I have enough confidence on Bangladesh...they will beat WI.....surely
Secondly

Baundule

May 27, 2006, 05:31 AM

About the low scoring matches, i have a different opinion. Both the bowlers and batsmen should have something in the pitch. It's the excitement that matters the most. At least the first three matches have been hard fought and could have been won by either side. To me, the memorable semi-final between SA and AUS is far better exciting than the one scoring 434 and chasing it down.

prasad

May 27, 2006, 05:54 AM

.Westindies will find [edit] Tiger is about to roar.....so Not a very good news for West Indies.

not a good thing to say.

Yameen

May 27, 2006, 06:11 AM

congratz to windies AGAIN! they are really becoming a classy team unit now with youngsters contributing more n more, especially Bravo, who bowled really well as the india batsmen could not pick his slower ball AT ALL! also a brilliant knock from him to win the match, after being under pressure. one of the key things of the windies recent success is there vast improved effort in the field and tighter bowling.

oh, and samuels aint no chucker!

israr

May 27, 2006, 07:47 AM

I love the Caribbeans, yo West Indies , c'mon, world cup 2007is yours, well ofcourse after my first choice Bangladesh.

Sovik

May 27, 2006, 09:20 AM

Westindies will find their ------------------ white washed.....Tiger is about to roar

No one should post such types of comments. Moderators should take a look at this

al Furqaan

May 27, 2006, 12:04 PM

yo tendy_mac...chill out man, that was a very bad comment about Windies race.

but i also think bangaldesh can beat them in ICCCT. windies can still beat us pretty much with sarwan alone.

bharat

May 27, 2006, 07:29 PM

I am very dissappointed to say the least .But in retrospectiion it is not the end of the world for India , they have had a bad phase for the last 10 days and I am sure they have the ability to bounce back ..the question is will they ??

As an Indian fan it hurts to loose especially after there dream run under Dravid.
Having said that it is only 3 ODI's and hope they make amends soon !

prasad

May 28, 2006, 12:31 AM

unless they drop this 5 bowlers mantra....they will not win.7-4 is the best way to go.ind shud drop powar for uthappa.and dravid shud come one down or 2 down.

Captain

May 28, 2006, 04:16 AM

Afetr 1-2, Dravid said that....he had no doubt about the series win.......what a Captain!! Yeah, Dravid you r right......but the result goes to WI's Court.......I was so surprised.....how he (Dravid) got this type of Confidence?.........From Chapell or From "Average below Player".........like Power, Raina, Veo etc.........Next time when you (Dravid) play against WI....plz show proper respect.....now it is 35 yeas.......you have to wait for another 2 years (37) to get a series win.......so plz watch your mouth.....for the GOD sake........I think Dravid you deserve a little more...something new.....how about a "Yellow Wash (4-1)".........you completely deserve that......Congrats to Dravid........for a great series win!! ha ha

Dravid didn't say that way,he was only instilling confidence when he said that they can still win the series.Recently,when Endland were 0-3 down against India,the England captain was saying that they can still bounce back.Every captain does that ,nothing wrong in that.;)

Raina is not "Average below Player.He is a Talented Player,Only time will tell.

My Reaction ,topic of this thread is that I am very :mad: :mad: with the team.It is the below par performance from the Indians that they are finding themselves in this situation now,not the other way around.Had it been Aussies or the SA they would have wrapped the Series in style.India has this problem of gifting away matches.Also the 5 bowlers theory has backfired .

CricFanBD

May 28, 2006, 05:07 AM

Thanks Captain, It was my great mistake.....I misplace between the test series and ODI series......I am sorry for that......Don't be upset, U r a great cricket fan....Hope India will get their form soon......enjoy the game.....thanks again......Human being always make mistake......:)

Sovik

May 28, 2006, 07:33 AM

Windies are back. we will get to see some great test matches in few days. i thought it would be one sided contest but it turned out to be a great series so far.

Kamini

May 28, 2006, 10:45 PM

I think BCCI should sack Chappell sooner than later.

Baundule

May 29, 2006, 12:54 AM

I think BCCI should sack Chappell sooner than later.
Kamaini, why are you so much against a single person? Did he show you that great finger? ;)

cricketboy

May 29, 2006, 02:26 AM

I have never really supported Indian and after Greg Chappel became coach and Ganguly's sacking I am anti-India. So 3 cheers WI. :D What does the BCCI think of itself not playing BD? I want India to lose the tests too.

Tehsin

May 29, 2006, 05:59 PM

Karma anyone ? I hope this continues until the world cup is over. I feel for the Indian fans. However, the Indian cricket board (and press) needs a lesson in humility.

Kamini

May 29, 2006, 11:27 PM

Bottom line is that India lost to low lying West Indies because of Chappell who insisted to play without Kumble, Saurav and Laxman.

CricFanBD

May 30, 2006, 12:43 AM

Bottom line is that India lost to low lying West Indies because of Chappell who insisted to play without Kumble, Saurav and Laxman.

I am not completely agree with you. Kumble, Saurav and Laxman did not play a while but India got win against Pakistan and Srilanka. In my opinion:

1) India is not good outside of Subcontinent; they are pretty good in their homeland.

2) They had the over confidence in WI tour, after losing the first game also, they are 100% confidence about the series win by 4-1.

3) Chappel didn't do enough home work about WI's players like Bravo, Gayle, Sarwan. They just thought about Lara and Chandarpall.

4) The pitch is a little bit slower than expected.

Anyway, probably there are a lot of reasons, but frankly speaking I just only want to believe one: "WI really played superior to India in every section (Bat, Bowl, and Field) and Lara's Captaincy is huge better than Dravid.":)

Yameen

May 30, 2006, 05:22 AM

india maybe good at home, but i always thought they were an over rated team, you cannot blame chappel for indias failure as relating to what CricfanBD said, the indian batsman just couldnt apply themselves to the slow pitches which is quite surprising as these so called super star batsman should be used to it, and well done west indies for giving them a good hammering, both teams deserve it!, my prediction was right 4-1!!!

Tendulkar_Mcgrath

May 30, 2006, 08:06 AM

Chappel does not know how to coach
Dravid does not know how to lead team
Players dont know how to finish

India is worse than Zimbabwe even...

Dravid should learn some batting from Bravo.......lolz...
:lol: :lol:

Chappel is the highest paid coach !!!!!!!!.. guys,I thought i m the most stupid person...but now i think they who kept Chappel as coach are more stupid than me............:rolleyes:

Bangladesh is the best .......india is finished, srilanka is too, pakistan will be...only bangladesh and bangladesh...........:flag:

prasad

May 30, 2006, 08:35 AM

Chappel is the highest paid coach !!!!!!!!.. guys,I thought i m the most stupid person...but now i think they who kept Chappel as coach are more stupid than me............

Bangladesh is the best .......india is finished, srilanka is too, pakistan will be...only bangladesh and bangladesh...........

how can a coach go to bad from best after a series.its not exactly coaching.they shudnt have gone with 5 bowlers.shud have gone with 6 batsman.then the series wud have been closer.plus indian team was missing tendulkar.at this moment....i think they shud try ganguly for raina or kaif.

Tendulkar_Mcgrath

May 30, 2006, 11:13 AM

how can a coach go to bad from best after a series.its not exactly coaching.they shudnt have gone with 5 bowlers.shud have gone with 6 batsman.then the series wud have been closer.plus indian team was missing tendulkar.at this moment....i think they shud try ganguly for raina or kaif.

" aabhi to shuruwaat hein, aagey aagey dekho hota hein keya!!" India wont even get chance to go to second round in next WC.

My dear friend prasad, Tendulkar ka bahana aar kabtak cholega? u should create second tendulkar..By the way India has so many match winning players!! and u need extra batsman...!!!
If India played with 8 batsman the result would be the same....
East or West , Bangladesh is the best.

prasad

May 30, 2006, 01:46 PM

" aabhi to shuruwaat hein, aagey aagey dekho hota hein keya!!" India wont even get chance to go to second round in next WC.

if that happens........it would b icc's worst nightmare...once india falls out of wc..money spinning will stop.atleast for icc's sake,india shud enter the second round atleast.

bharat

May 30, 2006, 02:34 PM

if that happens........it would b icc's worst nightmare...once india falls out of wc..money spinning will stop.atleast for icc's sake,india shud enter the second round atleast.

Second Prasad in here ...India is the golden duck (should find a bigger bird ...) for ICC

But anyways ..guys a series loss ( I agree 4-1 is a bad loss) shall not decide India's fate ..India is too strong a team (atleast the present one ..) to think of its demise ...Not going to the second round ...Nahhhhhh...not this time.

Watch this space after the tests ...preceptions change quickly :up:

Ejaj

June 2, 2006, 10:35 AM

Congrats to WI and to our Baundule. Sorry to reply so late in this thread. Well, India is always over hyped. and even with some real great players, somehow, they never do well outside Subcontinent. So. This result really shouldnt shock anyone, who atleast, had followed Indian cricket history.

On the other hand, Is is the sign of WI recovery??. I still doubt it. But, nevertheless, It is not so good news for BD team. :). They really need to play much better to defeat this WI. best of luck.

sadi

June 2, 2006, 10:38 AM

WI still got a decent team with batsman like Lara, Sarwan and Gayle... any one of them can beat BD single-handedly on any given day....

Mr-Cricket

June 2, 2006, 10:50 AM

WI still got a decent team with batsman like Lara, Sarwan and Gayle... any one of them can beat BD single-handedly on any given day....
Where's Chanderpaul?!

Sovik

June 2, 2006, 12:06 PM

india needs ganguly in the team and as captain.

Fazal

June 2, 2006, 12:09 PM

I agree, India needs ganguly in the team as captain and Kamini as the new coach. Other than that, I see no hope for India.

bharat

June 2, 2006, 12:58 PM

quote=Fazal]I agree, India needs ganguly in the team as captain and Kamini as the new coach. Other than that, I see no hope for India.[/quote]

:lol: Good one !!

sadi

June 2, 2006, 02:45 PM

Where's Chanderpaul?!

Yeah my bad... missed chanderpaul somehow... never was a big fan of him... just don't like his batting style eventhough he is very effective

what effect does a coach have on a cricket team?? in soccer yes but in cricket almost nothing. yes the captain has a big influence but not the coach, what good are these highly paid "white" coaches for the team i.e. whatmore, woolmar, chappel?(dont call me a racist, i just cant see the logic)

Sovik

June 3, 2006, 07:30 AM

nice joke !!!keep it up.:)

that wasn't a joke. ganguly was a great captain. he was aggressive. dravid is a great batsman but he lacks the aggressiveness that ganguly had. if it wasn't for kiran more and greg chappel, ganguly might have been the captain of this team.